Certification Standards and Diagnostic Accuracy for Surgeon-performed Ultrasonography

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Ultrasonography Skills
• Interventions: Other: Measurement of competence

• Registration Number: NCT02778451
• Lead Sponsor: Rigshospitalet, Denmark

Brief Summary

Ultrasonography (US) is an operator depended image modality that is difficult to reproduce and interpret by others. Competence of the US operator is crucial for reliable diagnostics but no evidence-based certification of head and neck US skills has been developed. Investigators conducted an experimental study aimed to explore diagnostic accuracy and establish validity evidence for certification standards in surgeon-performed ultrasonography.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-05
• Primary Completion: 2015-09
• Study Completion: 2015-09
• Study First Submitted: 2016-04-08
• Status Verified: 2016-05
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-05-18
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-05-18
• Study First Posted: 2016-05-19
• Last Update Posted: 2016-05-19

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 17

Inclusion Criteria

• Board certified otolaryngologist
  • Daily use of head and neck Ultrasonography

2. Ultrasonography novices:

Inclusion Criteria:

• Medical doctor during internship

Exclusion Criteria

• experience with head and neck Ultrasonography
• experience with head and neck surgery

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Ultrasonography novices	Measurement of competence	Physicians participating in their one-year internship at other surgical or medical departments with no experience with head and neck US or head and neck surgery.
Ultrasonography-experienced surgeons	Measurement of competence	Attending physicians and consultants in head and neck surgery using head and neck Ultrasonography on a daily basis.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Competence score on a generic skills assessment scale (The Objective Structured Assessment of Ultrasound Skills (OSAUS))	up to 24 months	Performance were video-recorded Maj 25, 2013 and afterwards assessed by a consultant in diagnostic radiology and a consultant in head and neck surgery

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Diagnostic accuracy assessed by a head and neck surgeon reading the ultrasonography report	up to 24 months	Assessed by a head and neck surgeon reading the ultrasonography report of the participating physicians from the experimental study conducted Maj 25, 2013